Suspect in fatal shooting arrested after he falls through ceiling of Memphis home
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A suspect in a fatal shooting in Tennessee was arrested after he fell through the ceiling of a home where he was hiding,…
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Killings of invasive owls to ramp up on US West Coast in a bid to save native birds
Associated Press U.S. wildlife officials next year will scale up efforts to kill invasive barred owls that are crowding out imperiled native owls…
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Harris and Walz reach out to voters in GOP strongholds in southeast Georgia bus tour
Associated Press HINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, dropped in on a high school…
Continue Reading Wolf pack that attacked Colorado livestock to be relocated as reintroduction program stumbles
Associated Press Wildlife agencies are trying to capture and relocate the first pack of wolves that formed under Colorado’s ambitious wolf…
Continue Reading A military court has sentenced a Myanmar journalist to life in prison, outlet’s editor says
Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The editor of an independent online news service in Myanmar says a military court has given a life prison sentence…
Continue Reading Crews work to restore power to more than 300,000 Michigan homes, businesses after storms
ROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) — Crews for two of Michigan’s largest utilities are working to restore power to more than 300,000 homes and businesses and…
Continue Reading Donating a kidney is even safer now than long thought, US study shows
AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — People who volunteer to donate a kidney face an even lower risk of death from the operation than doctors have…
Continue Reading Errant ostrich brings traffic to a halt in South Dakota after escaping from a trailer
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — An ostrich brought traffic to a halt in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, as motorists tried to lure and nudge the towering bird…
Continue Reading 2 German boys die after being buried in sand at a Denmark beach
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Officials say two German boys, who got buried in the sand after digging a hole in a dune in northwestern Denmark on…
Continue Reading Spain’s leader visits Gambia as part of a West Africa tour to tackle irregular migration
Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez arrived in Gambia on Wednesday as part of a three-day tour of West…
Continue Reading UN demands halt to escalating attacks between Hezbollah and Israeli forces
Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has demanded a halt to the increasing attacks between Lebanon’s Hezbollah…
Continue Reading Navy recruiting rebounds, but it will miss its target to get sailors through boot camp
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy will meet its goal to sign up 40,600 recruits by the end of September thanks to several new recruiting…
Continue Reading GM delays Indiana electric vehicle battery factory but finalizes joint venture deal with Samsung
DETROIT (AP) — Production at an electric vehicle battery cell plant jointly run by General Motors and Samsung SDI has been delayed as EV sales have…
Continue Reading Pancakes, meet pandan. Asian American restaurants add their own spin to the weekend brunch
Associated Press LOS GATOS, Calif. (AP) — With a DJ spinning and patrons lounging in black-and-gold barrel chairs, Breaking Dawn has clubbing…
Continue Reading A Swiss citizen has been arrested in Burkina Faso, Switzerland’s foreign ministry says
Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Swiss authorities say a Swiss citizen has been arrested in Burkina Faso. The Swiss foreign ministry tells…
Continue Reading China and the US will plan a Biden-Xi call in the coming weeks, the White House says
BEIJING (AP) — The White House says Beijing and Washington will plan for a phone call in the coming weeks between Chinese President Xi Jinping and…
Continue Reading Swiss court convicts 2 top PetroSaudi executives in fallout from 1MDB Malaysian fund scandal
Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A Swiss criminal court has convicted two top managers of a Saudi oil company facing charges including fraud and…
Continue Reading Ecuador’s citizens voted to stop oil drilling in heart of Amazon. A year later, it hasn’t happened
Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Voters in Ecuador last year approved a referendum to keep some 700 million barrels of crude oil in the…
Continue Reading Sweaty corn is making it even more humid
Associated Press Barb Boustead remembers learning about corn sweat when she moved to Nebraska about 20 years ago to work for the National Oceanic and…
Continue Reading Poland’s government plans record defense spending in its 2025 budget
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s budget proposal for 2025 includes record defense spending of 187 billion zlotys or $48.7 billion. Prime Minister…
Continue Reading Percival Everett, Louise Erdrich and Jason Reynolds among finalists for $50,000 Kirkus Prizes
AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Percival Everett’s “James,” a reworking of Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from…
Continue Reading K-pop singer Taeil leaves boyband NCT over accusation of an unspecified sexual crime, his label says
Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean singer Taeil has left K-pop band NCT after being accused of an unspecified sexual crime,…
Continue Reading Denmark creates 3 new ministers in government reshuffle
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s three-party centrist government says it will create three new ministries, including a government office in…
Continue Reading 6 Polish students and a lecturer freed from detention in Nigeria, foreign ministry in Warsaw says
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s foreign ministry says that seven Polish citizens — six students and a lecturer — who were detained in…
Continue Reading It’s a tough time for college presidents, but Tania Tetlow thrives as a trailblazer at Fordham
AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Tania Tetlow has earned a reputation as a trailblazer. She became the first woman and first layperson to serve…
Continue Reading Germany and the UK seek a new bilateral treaty as Starmer pursues a ‘reset’ with the European Union
Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The leaders of Germany and the United Kingdom plan to draw up a treaty meant to deepen the two nations’ trade,…
Continue Reading Edmunds: The four biggest mistakes people make when buying a new car
Edmunds Car-buying mistakes are easy to make, especially if you’re in a hurry or have fallen in love with a particular vehicle. But taking the time…
Continue Reading Defense ministry network disruption causes widespread outages in the Netherlands
Associated Press THE HAGUE (AP) — A network outage at the Ministry of Defense has caused major IT failures across the Netherlands. Flights are…
Continue Reading Bangladesh’s interim government led by Yunus lifts ban on the Islamist Jamaat-e-Islami party
Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has lifted a ban on the Islamist…
Continue Reading A Russian missile hits the Ukrainian president’s home city as it mourns deaths in an earlier attack
Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian missile slammed into Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s home city on Wednesday, local…
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